Current and Former Republicans Line Up for Obama

FoxNews ^ | Aug. 12, 2008 | FoxNews

[FocusNexus]

Barack Obama's campaign is rolling out a number of centrist Republicans who are endorsing the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee over Republican rival John McCain - in a show of his ability to win cross-over votes.

A conference call Tuesday featured former Iowa Rep. Jim Leach, former White House intelligence adviser Rita Hauser and former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who represented his state as a Republican, but switched to become a Democrat so he could vote for Obama in the primary.

Leach predicted that a lot of Republicans and independents are going to be attracted by Obama's campaign.

The Obama camp also pointed journalists to reports that Fairbanks, Alaska, Mayor Jim Whitaker, a Republican, also has announced his support for Obama.

[headstamp 2]

“A conference call Tuesday featured former Iowa Rep. Jim Leach, former White House intelligence adviser Rita Hauser and former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, .........”

Oh yeah, got some high level “Republicans” there, Barry.

[BerniesFriend]

This is horrible...remember Reagan’s rules of elections..”If you lose Leach, Hauser and Chafee..you have lost the election!”..(maybe that was ron jr who said that)

[darkangel82]

I’m 26 and I can see what Obama is. But then again I’m a conservative.

[Repeal 16-17]

Current and Former Republicans RINOs Line Up for Obama

That's a much more accurate title. RINOs are simply Liberal moles, undermining the Republican Party from within.

[LouD]

“Missing Linc” Chafee is a f^&*ing moron. He was never a Republican; He voted with the rats more than he voted with the Republicans.

[Theodore R.]

I believe that Orrin G. Hatch has long had a personal rivalry with his AZ neighbor McPain.

[Lijahsbubbe]

McCain is the last pubbie standing

Who cares? I'm not a Republican cheerleader.

BTW, I noticed your tag McCain will kick, not kiss the a$$ of Islam, is he going to kick their ass before or after they cross the Mexican border?

P.S. McCain isn't going to kick anyone's ass, maybe he'll make a touchdown for your "team". How juvenile.

If anyone is going to do any ass kicking, it's our troops.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

It is becoming easier to support McCain. The very fact that at least McCain is prolife while Obama is ardently proabortion to the point he even wants it legal to kill babies unfortunate enough to survive the abortion.

There are other reasons to support McCain as well but the abortion issue is a biggie.

I'll go put the McCain bumper sticker on my car.

[do the dhue]

I understand that being Republican does not make you a Conservative. Just like being a demorat does not make you a liberal. But the way I see it is that people like Chaffee who come from a demoratic state get elected because the people in the demoratic state get tired of a current admin and they elect people who call themselves Republicans. Most of the time, these people will not side with Republicans, they just say they are Republicans to give their constituency something different to vote for (since they have become disgruntled). The same thing happens in Republican areas. People get tired of the Repub, so they vote for the guy who calls himself a demorat, but DINO will still support the RKBA or the right to life because that is what those people in their area are wanting.

[Broker]

EVERYBODY SAY: “FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!”

[Eroteme]

It might have helped if Obama could get a name that even 25% of Americans could recognize. I mean, Jim Leach?? He was a total disaster as Finance Committee chair and went along with the libs on virtually everything for years.

Yep. There's a reason Jim Leach and Lincoln Chafee have former in front of their titles. Leach only got elected in his heavily left-leaning district because he was, well, heavily left-leaning. He was pro-"choice", pro-UN, an environmental loony, pro-gay, voted against tax cuts, voted against military force in Iraq, supported US subjugation to an international court, and as you point out, a disaster on the banking committee. Eventually, democrats figured out that they might as well elect a democrat who had the honesty to actually call himself one, and help gain back the majority.

[Jacquerie]

History won’t care for whom you or I vote. However, it may record that too many patriots sat out the election and in so doing, turned our government over to radical Leftists.

[Jacquerie]

Post #67: I'm not a Republican cheerleader.

Post #6 John Sidney McCain . . . will destroy the Republican Party.

So which is it? If you are not a cheerleader, why do you care about the Party?

[Lijahsbubbe]

I have no idea what you’re babbling about. Don’t post #6 in italics as if I wrote it. I had nothing to do with post #6.

[Jacquerie]

McCain's ACU rating is about 85. Obama’s is about 8. There is no question.

[redgolum]

Not quite.

The Palin VP pick has started an internal war in the GOP and DNC. The DNC reasons are obvious.

But the GOP is pretty plain as to why. Palin is pro life, and sounds very socially conservative. So for many elite GOPers, that is to much. They have been trying for over 8 years to jettison the conservative Christians, and McCain just brought them back in. They would rather loose the election than have that happen.

Many on this board (whom I will not ping) feel this way also.